Our Heritage in Engineering

Rogers Barnes began not as a startup, but as an engineering lineage. The company traces its roots to 1998, when aerospace engineer Vladimir Shchukin — author of more than a dozen patents in rocket propulsion, helicopter-based salvo systems and anti-tank missile technology — founded a small engineering bureau in Eastern Europe.

After decades spent at the frontiers of aerospace and defense, he shifted his focus to civilian innovation: pipeline diagnostics, non-destructive testing and material integrity systems. By the early 2000s, the bureau became a trusted contractor for major energy companies, delivering intelligent in-line inspection devices operating across thousands of kilometers of critical infrastructure. This period shaped a core principle that still defines the company today: precision born in aerospace can transform industrial reliability.

In the 2010s, Vladimir passed leadership to his son, Stanislav Shchukin — an engineer with a hybrid background in IT, materials and clean technologies. He relocated the headquarters to London and refocused the company on clean energy systems, microelectronics and integrated smart control technologies.

Today, Rogers Barnes is an international R&D company developing technologies intended to work in unfriendly, real-world environments: low and turbulent wind, unstable temperatures, moisture, vibration and fluctuating loads. We combine the rigor of the Soviet engineering school with the vision and sustainability of modern innovation.

From rockets to renewables, from diagnostics to design, our focus remains unchanged: engineering for the future.